The Potts
The Potts was an Australian comic strip.
| The Potts | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Stan Cross (1920–1939) Jim Russell (1939–2001) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded; weekly (1920–1950), daily & Sunday (1950–2001) |
| Launch date | August 1920 |
| End date | August 15, 2001 |
| Alternate name(s) | You & Me (1920–1940) Mr & Mrs Potts (1940–1951) Uncle Dick (1961–1962) |
| Syndicate(s) | LaFave Newspaper Features (1957–1962) |
| Publisher(s) | The Sun News-Pictorial |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
The strip was created in August 1920 by Stan Cross under the name You & Me. In 1939, it was taken over by Jim Russell, who changed it to its current title. The strip was continued by Russell until his death on August 15, 2001. That made The Potts one of the longest-running comic strips of all time and, with 62 years of syndication, the longest-running cartoon strip drawn by the same single artist, beating the record previously held by Frank Dickens' Bristow, which was in syndication for over 51 years, and Marc Sleen's The Adventures of Nero, which was in syndication for a period of 45 years.
The strip first appeared in The Sun News-Pictorial in Melbourne. From 1957 to 1962, it was syndicated in the United States by LaFave Newspaper Features, renamed Uncle Dick.